Santa Bárbara is the name of the fourth canton in the province of Heredia in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 53.21 km²[1], and has a population of 31,152[2]. The capital city of the canton is also called Santa Bárbara.
The elongated canton begins midway between the cities of Alajuela and Heredia, where the Río Segundo marks its southern boundary. It climbs through foothills northward to the Río Desengaño high in the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range).
The canton of Santa Bárbara is subdivided into 6 distritos (districts).
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The canton was established by a government resolution of October 3, 1855.
The Santa Bárbara cantón is constructed largely of volcanic rock from the Holocene Period of the Cenozoic Era.
The fluvial system of Santa Bárbara generally flows toward the Pacific Ocean via the Rio Grande de Tarcoles river basin.
The Santa Bárbara cantón forms part of the larger Origen Volcánico geomorphic region, including the sub-units of Volcán Barva and the Central Valley's Relleno Volcánico.